A suicidal 27-year-old man stabbed a Santa Cruz police officer and attempted to stab a second officer in the face, according to police.

At 6 p.m. Monday, family members called 911 reporting that Michael Paquette had cut his wrists in a suicide attempt and fled from the house, police told KSBW Tuesday.

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Two officers found Paquette hiding in bushes behind a store on the 1700 block of Soquel Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said. Officers observed Paquette bleeding from his wrists and he refused to follow police commands.

"The officers approached and attempted to take the Mr. Paquette into custody for medical treatment and psychiatric evaluation. As the officers grabbed onto Mr. Paquette, he lashed out with a folding pocket knife. Mr. Paquette stabbed one officer in the leg just below the knee, and attempted to stab the second officer in the face. The second officer narrowly escaped being stabbed, as she deflected the attack. (As) Paquette attacked the second officer, the injured officer drew and fired his Taser. The Taser darts struck Mr. Paquette and caused him to fall to the ground and drop the knife," Clark said.

Paquette was taken to Dominican Hospital for medical treatment. He was later booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon against a police officer.

The officer who was stabbed is an 8-year veteran on the SCPD force, Clark said. He was treated at Dominican Hospital and was at home recovering on Tuesday. The officer's partner who deflected the attack is a 14-year veteran.

It was the third time in less than a week that a Central Coast police officer was attacked.

On Friday, Watsonville Police Chief Manny Solano saw two men peering into his unmarked patrol car and trying to open the door. When the chief confronted 21-year-old Daniel Miguel Guzman and the second man, they fled. A Watsonville police officer found Guzman on Airport Boulevard and Guzman attacked the officer, police said.

The officer said he tried to shoot Guzman with a Taser but the Taser did not have any effect. Guzman was able to wrestle away the officer's baton and hit him in the head, police said. Additional officers arrived and arrested Guzman on suspicion of battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and violating probation.